Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

Aside from resisting, the ghost had no offensive capabilities whatsoever.

It should be noted that at this moment, Ghost Shadow's strength was at the peak of the Shadow level.

He didn't want to be exposed so early.

However, after learning about Yu Ming, he felt that Yu Ming was just too suitable to be his sacrifice. As long as Yu Ming became his sacrifice, this sacrifice would definitely be 100% successful.

For this, he did not hesitate to massacre people in several villages, killing hundreds of ninjas alone.

It was prepared for activating the Reaper Demon Barrier, which requires the soul power of at least two hundred and seventy ninjas.

He has collected everything; all that's left is for Yu Ming, the sacrifice, to be offered.

If the sacrifice is successful, he will break through the limitations of the Kage level and enter the Super Kage level.

For someone at the Shadow level, ordinary methods are useless.

This secret technique of the Oni clan, though cruel, is one of the very few methods that allows one to reach this level.

Chapter 199 Sacrificing to Death

Even though he had used a barrier and merged the soul power of dozens of clansmen, he still had no power to attack Yu Ming.

What he didn't even know at that moment was that Yu Ming hadn't actually used his full strength at all.

Even without using Wood Release and Rinnegan, Yu Ming did not unleash his full power.

Ghost Shadow gripped the short knife tightly with both hands, while Yu Ming held him down with just one hand.

The ghostly figure gritted its teeth and forced a "Ah~".

With a roar, he swiftly drew his knife and stabbed at Yu Ming.

It was very fast; in the next 18 or 19 minutes, Yu Ming's body flashed, and the ghostly figure's knife missed its mark.

His body lost its balance in an instant, and just as he was about to adjust, Yu Ming transformed into a bolt of lightning and appeared behind him, piercing through his chest from behind.

They pierced right through him.

Blood flowed freely in an instant.

However, the ghostly figure leaped forward in a short period of time.

His body was removed from Yu Ming's short sword.

He slid dozens of meters away from Yu Ming, clutching the knife wound on his chest, panting heavily, "Damn it, why is this guy so strong?"

He hadn't expected that Yu Ming could still be so powerful even with his chakra restricted, nor had he expected that Yu Ming would actually know Sage Mode.

Originally, he was a regular Kage-level fighter, but after absorbing the soul power of his own clansmen, his strength has now reached the peak of the Kage level. However, if he cannot complete the sacrifice, he will be stuck at the peak of the Kage level forever.

Moreover, this process requires him to constantly devour the soul power of his own kind.

Or it could devour the soul power of a ninja.

This is clearly unsustainable.

Moreover, if he dares to do this, he will inevitably be besieged and attacked by the entire ninja world.

He is not yet fully spiritualized, and his body is still easily injured.

Looking at the ghostly figure clutching its chest wound and panting heavily, Yu Ming calmly said, "What other tricks do you have up your sleeve? I don't believe that after all these years of scheming, this is all you've got."

That's a truly devastating statement.

Ghost Shadow had misunderstood Yu Ming. He estimated that Yu Ming's strength was similar to his own under normal circumstances. Who knew that even after devouring the soul power of dozens of his own kind and reaching the peak of the Shadow level, he was still no match for Yu Ming.

Moreover, judging from how calmly he fought, he was clearly in complete control and hadn't exerted his full strength at all.

The ghost knew that if things continued like this, it would die.

The only hope of the demon clan was shattered.

Thinking of this, Ghost Shadow turned to look at his own kind.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, my fellow tribesmen."

After saying that, he quickly formed hand seals, saying "Spirit Gathering Technique".

As soon as Ghost Shadow finished forming the hand seals, the soul power of the hundreds of skeletons of the Oni clan who were fighting against Red Bean and Red was instantly absorbed into Ghost Shadow's body.

Countless souls wailed as they continuously merged into the ghostly figure's body.

Some were willing, some were not, but Ghost Shadow couldn't care less.

He needs strength, he needs to keep getting stronger.

"The Art of Spirit Fusion".

After gathering all the soul power, the ghostly figure formed hand seals again, and countless souls were continuously devoured by him.

The wailing lasted for a few seconds before being completely absorbed by the ghostly figure.

At that very moment, an extremely explosive burst of energy erupted.

"Boom!"

"Arrogant~".

A deafening, even horrific and unpleasant, roar came from the ghostly figure.

His two-meter-tall body instantly grew by more than a meter, reaching more than three meters. His body shone with the luster of forbidden magic, and even made a sound like steel. His body was covered with complex patterns.

"Arrogant~".

That agonizing scream appeared again.

A violent surge of soul power erupted instantly.

At that moment, all living things within hundreds of meters felt their souls being shaken.

He stared blankly in the direction of the ghostly figure.

At this moment, Anko and Kurenai, who were already seriously injured, were stunned by this soul-shaking power and immediately fainted.

This soul power kept impacting Yu Ming, but unfortunately, Yu Ming's soul power was several times stronger than his.

Therefore, this devastating and incomparably powerful soul force did not shake Yu Ming.

However, the serpentine energy of the Sage Chakra surrounding Yu Ming surged dramatically.

They seemed to be absorbing this extremely negative soul power, and Yu Ming also felt that his own soul power was actually increasing, although it was not very obvious.

He glanced at the snakes formed from Sage Chakra beside him, which had transformed from pythons into venomous snakes.

Moreover, its volume has increased several times over.

The serpent, formed from purple-gold Sage Chakra, had grown to five or six meters in length.

A dozen or so snakes, each five or six meters long, were writhing around Yu Ming's body, their heads hissing at the ghostly figure.

This scream actually formed a sonic attack.

The ghost, who was initially excited about becoming stronger, trembled instantly upon being attacked by this sonic wave.

"Damn it, how could there be such a terrifying illusion?"

That's right, the illusion spell that the snake just cast was a true celestial technique.

The ghostly figure's flesh churned continuously.

It seemed that the sonic attack had made his body somewhat out of control.

Yu Ming had not expected that these snakes formed from Sage Chakra would possess such a powerful illusion attack.

This illusion attack is definitely much stronger than Tsukuyomi.

And most importantly, this was an attack launched spontaneously by the snakes formed from his Sage Chakra.

At the same time, these serpents also provided Yu Ming with a strong boost to his soul power.

These snakes seemed to be conscious.

Ghost Shadow knelt on the ground. His soul power was extremely strong, after all, it had fused with the soul power of hundreds of clansmen. However, after enduring the illusionary attack of the serpent, he still could not hold on. His flesh and blood seemed to be out of control, destroying itself.

“¨” Roar~.

The ghostly figure roared, feeling as if its body was about to explode, while the serpents continued their attack, seemingly not even at their strongest.

As the screams grew louder, Gui (Li Nuo Zhao) Ying felt his body swell and weaken more and more.

Raising his head, his mouth full of blood, he looked at Yu Ming, who was doing nothing, and roared, "Now that things have come to this, I can't live, and I won't let you live either!"

As he spoke, his hands began to rapidly form hand seals.

Upon seeing the ghost's hand seals, Yu Ming frowned.

However, he did not attack immediately, but wanted to see just how far this guy could go.

"Roar~".

After Ghost Shadow completed the hand seals, he roared, "I am willing to sacrifice myself to gain the power bestowed by the God of Death."

The ghostly figure roared, and the instant he completed the hand seal, a Death God of the Corpse Demon Sealing level appeared behind him. This time it was also a phantom, but the Death God transformed into a wisp of light and merged into the ghostly figure's body.

"Bang~".

"Boom!"

In an instant, the ghost's body returned to its original state, except that it now had many mysterious runes.

Chapter 200: A mere clone suppressed a Super Shadow.

At the same time, his body is slowly becoming ethereal.

It was as if it were a soul state.

A long sword belonging to the Grim Reaper appeared in his hand, and a string of beads hung around his neck.

Her lips turned red.

Looking at the ghostly figure, Yu Ming frowned. "This power is interesting. It actually surpasses the Kage level. I didn't expect there to be so many interesting things in the ninja world. It seems I can't always rely on my own experience to judge things."

At this moment, Ghost Shadow's strength had definitely surpassed the Shadow level. Although Yu Ming knew that it was a one-time event, he had to admit that this power was really strong.

He had no recollection of ever having such a powerful figure in the ninja world.

Even if not now, but just now, his peak Kage-level power is rarely seen in the ninja world.